Label support



I July 17, 1934. T. H. GOLDEN 1,966,586

LABEL SUPPORT Filed April 25. 1933 INVENTOR THOMAS H. GOLDEN 5 BY 1 zwa/fm z's ATTORNEYS Patented July 17, 1934 Thomas H. Golden, Pottsvillej PaL, assign or t j 'Philli'ps Jone's'Corporation, New York, N. Y.,-a**' Q corporation of-New York Y w 'Ape icano am jzj,.193 ,fsraina.ssmssf t 3'Claims. (ci.40-'-26) j 'This inventionv relates to packages for garments and more-particularly toipackagesfor mens apparel' such as mens shirts. In 'packaging such products it isimportant that the garments present a neat and attractive appearance, and in the case of mens shirts where they are provided with attached collars having some. particular feature to which it is desired to drawattention bymeans of a label, theattachment of the label withoutdetracting'from the appearance of the package as a whole presentssomething of a problem. The label cannot be attached to the collar directly without a tendencyto interfere-.with-the makeup of the package as a whole. Moreover, 5 the label cannot be attached tov the shirtfront by means of pins, or'.other fastening devices which pierce the materialofthe garment, without leaving an objectionable mark in .a place where it will be visiblev as soon as the label is removed by the wearer.

It is, the principal bject of the present invention to, provide alabel supportxwhich can be attached, to the'shirtwithout the useof pins or the like, which will stay securely in place during the ordinary handling of the garmentup to. the

time of sale, and which canibe readily. removedv the particular construction shown in the draw.-

bythe purchaser.-

Another object of the invention-is to provide a'labelsupport for attachment to the front of, a

shirtadjacent theshirt 'col'larjwhichis soar-1.

ranged that the principal mechanical features for attachingthe device are concealed from view.

Ihe-packaging of shirts is: not an unimportant. item in the gross. manufacturing cost of the prod net, and it. is therefore necessary, in view'of the fact thatsthe placing of the'labelconstitutes an additional operation 'to' be performed'during the packaging," that the label be placed imposition" with aminimum amount" of time and effort. 7 Accordingly; another object of the invention is'toprovide alabel supportwhich is so' constructed that it can bereadily attached to theshirt with" with my improved label support in position thereon;

Fig. 2 represents a front view showing the conupper portion of a shirt having a modified form of label supportin 'positionthereon; Fig. 4' represents a front view similar toFigsZ of this modified labelsupport; 7 Figs. 5 and-6 areviews illustrating an additional modification of the label support;

Referring now to Fig. 1 of the accompanying. drawing, the shirt 1 is folded inthe usual-manner with the shirt frontfiat and the cuffs pinned fiat against the lower portion of the shirt bosom.

The shirt is provided with an attached collarT2 7 having projecting front points 3and4, and itiwill be understood that this collar possesses certain unusual features to which it is desired to: attract the prospective purchasers attention The label 5 which is intended to set forththese features of the collar isI-placed' uponZ-the body portion 6 of a label support 7 which consists of a piece. of sheet material such, for. example, as paper of suitable weight andlquality.

- In order to secure'the label support '7 in place upon the bosom of the shirt it is'provided with an arch-like portion or formationB having sides 9 whichextend upwardly'from the upper edge of the body portion 6. An aperturelO lies between .the sides 9: of arch-like portion 8, arid-in ing extends downwardly into the body portion 6. A slot 11' is formed in the upper part of aperture' 10 into which the collar. button 12 0f the shirt collar is adapted to be received; a The frictional engagement of the collar but-' ton with the surface of the material adjacent slot 11 is sufiicient to hold the upperpart of the label support in place, andxin order to secu're the lower part of the label support -in-:positio'n, the'body 6 thereof ispreferably provided with a second button slot -13,into which one of the but tons onthe shirt front is adapted to be received, for-example, thebutton 14. In order to provide added security; the inner margins if aperture. 10 are formed with a pair of oppositely project-j ing tongues 15 which are slipped under the "edges" of the opposite side edges of the center plait 16 on shirt 1.

' This label support may be readily placed in position on the buttons 12 and 14 by lifting the points 3 and 4 of the collar and engaging the slots 11 and 13 with the respective buttons, and

' then giving the device a slight downward movement, the tongues 15 being tucked beneath the edges of the center plait. The width of the ma- 'terial between the upper end of slot 11 and the distance from the edge of the button 12 to the throat 17 of the collar so as to facilitate the placing of the label support on button 12, although after the label support is in position the friction of the upper edge of the arch-like portion 8 with the surface of the collar band aids in preventing dislodgment of the label support. The label support is prevented from being displaced laterally by means of the button 14 and the button slot 13 and also by means of the tongues 15. The tongues 15 also provide an appreciable degree of friction with the under surfaces of center plait 16 which materially assist in preventing the upward movement of the label support which would disengage it from the buttons. 7

The sides 9 of the arch-like portion 8 are shaped so as to be substantially concealed by the points 3 and 4 of the collar, leaving the body 6 of the label support exposed immediately below the collar and lying fiat against the front of the shirt. The placing of the tongues 15 beneath the center plait 16 leaves the upper-portion of the center plait exposed to the full View of the purchaser through the aperture 10.

Referring now to Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawing, the modified form of label support here illustrated is intended for shirts which do not have a center plait, such, for example, as the shirt shown at 18. The label support 7a has a body portion 6a and an arch-like portion 8a of about the same configuration as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. .The aperture 10a, however, is somewhat wider, the tongues 15 being omitted and the left-hand edge 19 substantially meeting the overlapping edge 20 of the shirt so as to expose a strip of the shirt front within the center of the label support of about the same width as the center plait 16.

Aperture 10a is somewhat shorter and does not extend into the body portion 6a of the support, but it can be made to extend down into the body portion if desired. The label support 7a is held in position entirely by means of the button slots 11a and 13a into which are engaged respectively the collar button and the uppermost button of the shirt front. As in the case of label support '7, the arch-like portion 8a is substantially concealed from view by the points of the collar.

In the modified form of label support '71) shown in Figs. 5 and 6, which, like label support 7, is intended for use with shirts having a center plait 16, the support is held in position by means of button slot 111) which engages the collar button and by the tongues 15a which engage the margins of the center plait 16. tom of the body portion 6?) is omitted, and the tongues 15a serve adequately to prevent the lateral displacement of the label support. The friction of these tongues with the under sides of the center plait issuflicient to prevent the upward displacement of the label support and the disengagement of the button slot 11b from the collar button.

The button slot at the bot-.1

The embodiments of the invention above described merely serve to illustrate the invention and changes may be made in the label support without departing from the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims.

It will be understood that my improved label support affords a way of neatly and quickly securing to a shirt front an attractive label which adds to the neatness and smartness of the shirt package as a whole, this label support being of particular utility where the shirt is provided with an attached collar having characteristics to which the label directs attention. In meeting this need the arrangement of the parts of the label support is such as to conceal from view beneath the points of the collar the principal mechanical features of the support by means of which the support is held in place on the garment.

I claim:

1. In a shirt package including a shirt having the overlapping margins of thefront thereof buttoned together and folded flat, said shirt having a center plait, in combination, a label support of sheet material, having a pair of spaced button slots opening in the same direction for engaging two of the shirt buttons to hold said support in position on the front of the shirt, said support having an aperture therein provided with a pair of tongues extending toward one another from the side margins of said aperture and adapted to frictionally engage the under surfaces of the margins of said center plait to aid in preventing the disengagement of said button slots from the said buttons.

2. In a shirt package including a shirt having a center plait and folded so'that the upper portion of the shirt front is fiat, said shirt having a collar attached thereto, in combination, a label support of sheet material having a body portion forsupporting the label, and a projection extending from the upper edge of said body portion beneath the points of the collar and having a slot at the top thereof into which the collar button is'received, and a pair of tongues on said label support projecting toward one another and adapted to be positioned beneath the opposite said edges of said center plait so as to prevent lateral displacement of said support. 1

3. In a shirt package including a shirt havinga center plait and folded so that the upper. portion of the shirt front is flat, said shirt having a-collar attached thereto, in combination, a label support of sheet material having a body portion for supporting the label, and a projection extending from the upper edge of said body portion beneath the points of the collar and having a slot at the top thereof into which the collar button is received, a pair of oppositely projecting tongues on said label support engaging beneath the side margins of said center plait, and the body of saidlabel" support having means thereonfor engaging a button on the front of the shirt.

THOMAS H. GOLDEN. I 

